The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3754 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3754-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                          Adrian Bunk     March 08, 2024                                https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : fontforge     Version        : 1:20170731~dfsg-1+deb10u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2020-5395 CVE-2020-5496 CVE-2024-25081 CVE-2024-25082     Debian Bug     : 948231 1064967

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed in the font editor FontForge.

    CVE-2020-5395

        Use-after-free in SFD_GetFontMetaData()

    CVE-2020-5496

        Buffer overflow in Type2NotDefSplines()

    CVE-2024-25081

        Spline Font command injection via crafted filenames

    CVE-2024-25082

        Spline Font command injection via crafted archives or compressed files


    For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version     1:20170731~dfsg-1+deb10u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your fontforge packages.

    For the detailed security status of fontforge please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/fontforge

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Debian dla-3754 : fontforge - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 191733

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.1 Jan 22, 2025, 5:44 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202501221744
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